We performed a comparison between Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: RHEL excels in setup, integration, security updates, and application support. However, it falls short in terms of documentation, pricing, and customer support. SUSE Linux Enterprise is praised for its simplicity, flexibility, user-friendliness, and customer support. It needs improvement in GUI, pricing competitiveness, and integration.
"Compared to any other product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a stable backported solution for a long time."
"In Red Hat Enterprise Linux, we use Red Hat Satellite as part of all the patching and deployment, even from on-premises and AWS, and that's been really helpful since it is one product that can be used in a hybrid environment."
"We have used many of the Linux-based operating systems for production purposes, but this is the only solution that guarantees performance and scalability. When we run industry servers, they demand high performance."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux stands out for its stability and support, which are critical for enterprise applications in the finance sector. We don't want any downtime, so we need fast support support and quick issue resolution."
"We find the Red Hat Satellite deployments very useful. It integrates well with other solutions."
"The product is easy to use."
"I like its user-friendliness for the admins administering the servers and the ease of doing fix packs on the servers and upgrades with the Red Hat software. It saves time and cost because we don't need to have expensive hires to do the work. We can do it ourselves a lot of times. It's a pretty straightforward, easy-to-learn, and user-friendly operating system."
"The knowledge base is excellent."
"Out-of-the-box SLES supported all of our HBAs and hardware specific components."
"The main feature is that Linux is flexible to work with for most web-based applications."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The tool’s idempotency ensures all configurations are in place at all times."
"It is a stable platform."
"I have not experienced any issues with this operating system."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is scalable."
"It's a flexible solution."
"Deployment is simple if you have been using the solution for a long time. However, it can be complex if you are new to it."
"A completely new setup should not be required when upgrading to a new version."
"The Cockpit interface needs improvement with more features. The information for implementing Red Hat Cluster could be also improved. And there could also be better performance monitoring."
"There is potential for improvement when it comes to ease of use. It has become easier to use over the years but could be better still. Linux, in general, has never been a simple solution. It's usually a more complex solution than something like Windows. If there is a downside, it's that it is more complex than some of the other solutions."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux analytics are cryptic."
"I don't prefer Red Hat Enterprise Linux for desktop over other options."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux's documentation could be improved."
"One challenge we've faced is with databases. Configuring and implementing DBs is much easier in non-Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, especially in Microsoft."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"The only stability issues that I can recall encountering with SUSE would be with KDE. However, that is limited to just the desktop environment as I have not had stability issues with most server functions."
"I have not seen an ROI with this solution."
"If you want to do something simple like changing an IP number, you have to be quite aware of all the configuration files where you will change that."
"SUSE could make more APIs available."
"They should provide chatbot support for customers to open the troubleshooting cases directly."
"The platform doesn't support certain APMs."
"SUSE Linux could provide more information about cost and the details of how clustering works."
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews while SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 26 reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8, while SUSE Linux Enterprise is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) writes "Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable product compatible with multiple cloud service providers ". Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, Windows 10, CentOS and Oracle Linux, whereas SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Oracle Linux, CentOS and Rocky Linux. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. SUSE Linux Enterprise report.
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